Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea) Author Hughes, Lauren E. text Zootaxa 2015 4059 2 201 256 journal article 39226 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1 7dbcc655-553b-4d35-8562-1a98c4555b89 1175-5326 232164 F9ED6784-D8C0-409E-9E4F-73879B265BC4 Quadrimaera serrata ( Schellenberg, 1938 ) ( Fig. 43 ) Maera tenella .— Walker, 1904 : 224 , pl. 5, fig. 31.— Tattersall, 1922 : 8 .— Pirlot, 1936 : 309 ( fide Sivaprakasam 1968 ). Maera sp.— K.H. Barnard, 1937 : 124 . Maera inaequipes serrata Schellenberg, 1938 : 41 , fig. 18.— J.L. Barnard, 1962 : 99 .— J.L. Barnard, 1965 : 510 .— Ledoyer, 1967 : 127 , fig. 9.— Sivaprakasam, 1968 : 100 .— Surya Rao, 1972 : 194 . Maera serrata .— Sivaprakasam, 1970 : 35 .— Ruffo, 1969 : 25 .— J.L. Barnard, 1970 : 155 , figs 96–97.— J.L. Barnard, 1971 : 77 , figs 38, 40–41.— J.L. Barnard, 1972b : 107 .— Ledoyer, 1972 : 229 , pl. 46.— Ledoyer, 1978 : 279 .—Ledoyer, 1982: 544, fig. 207.— Griffiths, 1973 : 286 .— Ledoyer, 1978 : 229 .— Ortiz, 1978 : 8 .— Berents, 1983 : 131 , fig. 24.— Myers, 1985 : 117 , fig. 92.— Myers, 1989 : 66 .— Myers, 1995 : 38 .— Myers, 1997 : 109 .— Ren, 1998 : 207 , fig. 8.— Ren, 2012 : 251 , fig. 110. Quadrimaera serrata .— Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 2000 : 195 .— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003 : 187 (catalogue). Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands . 1 specimen , AM P.82202, dive site "Rose Wall", near Horsburgh Island , 12°05'45"S , 96°50'32"E , 13.8 m , green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., coll. K.B. Attwood, 12 October 2008 , MI WA 827; 7 specimens , AM P.82203, dive site "Rose Wall", near Horsburgh Island , 12°05'45"S , 96°50'32"E , 11 m , rubble some green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., coll. L.E. Hughes, 12 October 2008 , MI WA 830; 1 specimen , AM P.82200, off West Island Jetty, 12°05'15"S , 96°50'14"E , 1.5 m , rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes, 14 October 2008 , MI WA 843; 1 specimen , AM P.82201, off West Island Jetty, 12°05'15"S , 96°50'14"E , 0 m, brown alga Turbinaria sp. as floating wrack, coll. L.E. Hughes, 14 October 2008 , MI WA 844; 2 specimens , AM P.82204, off West Island Jetty, 12°05'15"S , 96°50'14"E , 2 m , brown alga Padina sp., coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, 14 October 2008 , MI WA 841. Western Australia . 2 specimens , WAM C47855, Long Reef, The Kimberley, 13°53'S , 125°44'E , 2 m , 20 October 2010 , coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 44/K10-T1; 1 specimen , WAM C47856, Cassini Island , The Kimberley, 13°55'S , 125°37'E , 2 m , 16 October 2010 , coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey, 32/K10-T1; 1 specimen , AM P.98058, inner lagoon, Ningaloo Reef, 21°53'9"S , 113°59'26"E , 1.5 m , brown alga Lobophora sp., 18 June 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes MI WA 987, NR 18; 1 specimen , AM P.83824, Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°28'37"S , 12°32'38"E , 5.1 m , brown algae Sargassum sp. on rubble, 22 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1080; 2 specimens , AM P.83825, emerging lagoon at low tide near Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°28'58"S , 12°32'40"E , 6.9 m , brown algae Sargassum sp., 23 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1090; 3 specimens , AM P.83826, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'59"S , 12°31'41"E , 9.9 m , rubble, 25 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1127; 2 specimens , AM P.83827, Jackson Island site A, Cape Leveque , 16°25'19"S , 12°35'19"E , 5.8 m , rubble, 27 May 2010 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1148. FIGURE 43. Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938) male 9 mm, AM P.92512; *male 6.0 mm, AM P.92514; b female 6.4 mm, AM P.92513, Fig Valley Reef, Norfolk Island, South Pacific, scales 0.1 mm. Northern Territory: 2 specimens , AM P.78314, patch reef on north side of New Year Island , 10°54'S , 13°32'E , 10 m , hydroids on coral, 14 October 1982 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, NT 17; 1 specimen , AM P.78316, south end of McCluer Island , 11°06'S , 133°E, 8 m , had coral Acropora sp. base, 17 October 1982 , coll. P. Horner, NT 59; 13 specimens , AM P.78315, bommies at north-west end of McCluer Island , 11°2'S , 132°58'E , 8 m , Stylophora bases, 16 October 1982 , coll. P. Horner, NT 36; 11 specimens , AM P.78317, south end of McCluer Island , 11°6'S , 133°00'E , 8 m , coral Seriatopora hystrix , 17 October 1982 , coll. J.K. Lowry, NT 61. Queensland: 1 specimen , AM P.75800, largest bommie in lagoon at the 'Entrance', One Tree Island , 23°29'16"S , 15°24'46"E , 4.1 m , 25 October 2006 , coral rubble, coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes, QLD 1946; many specimens, AM P.75799, centre bommie, First Lagoon, One Tree Island , 23°30'12"S , 15°25'19"E , 1.7 m , dead coral with epiphytes, 29 October 2006 , coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, QLD 2006; many specimens, AM P.80624, Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island , 19°11'S , 146°49'E , depth unknown, seagrasses Cymodocea serrulata , Halodule uninervis and Halophila ovalis , 17 February 1999 , coll. D.W. Klumpp and S.N. Kwak, Original Vial Label Data: 290499 ; many specimens, AM P.80625, Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island , 19°11'S , 146°49'E , depth unknown, seagrasses Cymodocea serrulata , Halodule uninervis and Halophila ovalis , 17 February 1999 , coll. D.W. Klumpp and S.N. Kwak, Original Vial Label Data: 170299 . Norfolk Island : 1 male , 9 mm , dissected, 3 slides, AM P.92512, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S , 167°55'44"E , 18.7 m , red coralline algae Amphiroa anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71;1 b female, 6.4 mm , dissected, 1 slide, AM P.92513, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S , 167°55'44"E , 18.7 m , red coralline algae Amphiora anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 c male, 6 mm , AM P.92514, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S , 167°55'44"E , 18.7 m , red coralline algae Amphiora anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 3 specimens , AM P.81503, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S , 167°55'44"E , 18.7 m , red coralline algae Amphiroa anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 specimen , AM P.81505,Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S , 167°55'44"E , 20 m , red sponge like algae, 19 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 69; 10 specimens , AM P.81502,dive site ‘The Wall’, Nepean Island , 29°4'17"S , 167°57'40"E , 17 m , green algae Halimeda sp., 15 May 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry, MI NFK 45. Lord Howe Island . Many specimens, AM P.98059, north end of Old Settlement Beach, 31°31'12"S , 15°93'36"E , under intertidal rocks, 11 May 1977 , coll. G.D. Fenwick and J.K. Lowry, LHA 13. Type locality. Kiribati , 140'S, 17922'W. Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Australia : Queensland: Lizard Island , One Tree Island , Magnetic Island , ( Berents 1983 ; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study); Northern Territory: New Year Island , McCluer Island (current study); Tasman Sea: Norfolk Island ; Lord Howe Island (current study). Marshall Islands and Kiribati ( Schellenberg 1938 ; J.L. Barnard 1965 ); Fiji ( Schellenberg 1938 ; Myers 1985 ). Indian Ocean: Australia : Western Australia : Long Reef, Cassini Island , The Kimberley; Cape Leveque (current study); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study); Mauritius ( Appadoo et al. 2002 ); Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1967 , 1983 ); South Africa ( Griffiths 1973 ); Red Sea ( Ruffo 1969 ); India ( Sivaprakasam 1968 ). North Pacific Ocean: Hawaii ( Schellenberg 1938 ; J.L. Barnard 1970 ).